Removable head for barrels.



G. E. MITTINGER.

REMOVABLE HEAD FOR BARRELS.

Patented Feb. 20,1917.

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G. E. MITTINGER.

REMOVABLE HEAD FOR BARRELS.

I APPLICATION FILED OCT 18. 1915- 1,21 ,71 Patented Feb.20,1917.

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GEORGE E'O'GENE MITTINGER, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF FIFTEEN- SIXTEENTHS TO PBESSED STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF SHARON, llflillq'lll'S YIIJ-v VANIA, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

REMOVABLE HEAD FOR BAR/EELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 18, 1915. Serial No. 56,482.

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that I, GEORGE EUGENE Mrr- TI'NGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Removable Heads for Barrels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in removable heads for barrels.

The object of my invention is to provide I a removable head or barrel in which a tight joint is formed between the head and chime around the entire circumference and at the same time providing means whereby the head can be readily removed.

Another object of my invention is to provide a removable head of this character which is simple in construction and operation and having certain details of structure and combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l'is a perspective view of a metal barrel showing my improved head applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged top plan view of Fig. 1.

Fi 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the hne 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a. perspective view of the spreading bolt.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view partly broken away, taken on the line 5'5 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents a steel barrel having the corrugations 2 around its periphery and which is provided at its upper and lower ends with the chimes 3 and 4; The upper chime 3 has the upper end 5 of the barrel clamped therein by the portion 6, as fully shown in Fig. 3

of the drawing. The lower end of the chimeis provided w1th a lateral extension 7 forming a support for the head of the barrel, as will be hereinafter more fully described. The inner vertical wall 8 of the chime 3, is provided with a semi-circular groove 9, which is arranged a slight distance above the upper face of the lateral extension -7 of the chime to allow for the thickness of the head of the barrel. I

Arranged upon the upper face of the lateral flange 7 of the chime is a gasket 10,

which is made of any desired material, and resting upon said gasket is the head 11, which is preferably of metal and about oneeighth of an inch in thickness. The head is placed in the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing and a steel band or hoop 12 is sprung into the semi-circular groove 9, which engages the upper face of the head at 13 and wedges it down upon the gasket carried by the flange 7. The semi-circular groove 9 is one-half of an inch in diameter andthe steel band or hoop 12 is nine-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, and thus it will be seen that the hoop or band will not completely fill the groove 9, but engages the edges of the groove leaving a space 14 at the outer part of the groove which causes the hoop or band to tightly bind against the upper face of the head 11 and thus form a tight joint with the lateral extension 7 of the chime.

The head 11' is provided with a pivot or rivet 15, which extends through the head and has a washer 16 engaging the lower, face of the head. Pivotally mounted upon the said pivot 15, below the head 17 thereof, are the two arms or expanding jaws 18 and 19, which are preferably of the shape shown, having reduced outer ends 20and 21, which extend into the semi-circular groove 9 and engage the free ends 22 and 23 of the metal band or hoop 12. In this position the two.

jaws or arms18 and 19 are closed together.

Carried by the arm 18 is a screw-bolt 24, which extends across the space between the two arms and the'opposite end has its opposite faces 25 and 26 cut away, as fully shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings. This cutaway portion of the bolt is adapted to slide freely within an elongated opening 27 in the arm or jaw 29. The flattened portions 25 and 26' of the screw-bolt 24 prevents the screw bolt from turning within the jaw or arm 19. Screwed upon the bolt 24:, between the arms or jaws 18 and 19' is a nut 28, which is adapted to be screwed upon the bolt and when screwed in the position shown in Fig.

3 of the drawings, the nut engages the in ner face of the arm or jaw 19 and. forces the two jaws apart. The forcing apart of these two arms causes. the reduced portions 20 and 21 to engage the free ends22 and 23 of the hoop or band 12 and forces them apart to causea greater tension thereof on the upper face of the head 11 of the barrel and absolutely lock the band or hoop in the groove 9 against displacement.

The spreading of the arms through the nut 28 would twist the screw-bolt 24., but in order to obviate this, the elongated slot 27 allows the screw-bolt to move therein and yet prevent the rotation of the screw bolt in the said arm. In order to prevent the head from being removed without detection, 1 provide the jaw or arm 19 with an ear 28 and also provide the band or hoop 12 with an ear 29 .having an opening, and passed through said opening is a wire having its ends connected to the seal 30. Thus it will be seen that the jaw 19 cannot be moved away from the hoop or band 12 to remove the band or hoop without breaking the wire or seal which would indicate that the barrel had been tampered with. In order to provide means for removing the band or hoop, I have provided a small opening 31, into which the proper instrument cannot be applied for prying a hoop upwardly sulliciently to allow the insertion of an instru: ment in the rear of the hoop or band.

While I have shown and described my improved head as applied particularly to metal barrels, it will be understood that the same is applicable to a wooden barrel or a wooden hoop without departing from the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a barrel, of a head supported thereby, an open band locking the head in the barrel, and means carried by the barrel head and engaging the free ends of the band for expanding it.

2. The combination with a barrel, of a head supported thereby, an open band locking the head in the barrel and means carried by the barrel head and frictionally engaging the free ends of the'band for expanding it.

3. The combination with a barrel having an inwardly extending supporting flange, a

head supported by said flange, the barrel having a circular groove on its inside above the flange, an open band sprung within said groove, and means carried by the barrel head engaging the free ends of the bands for forcing them apart for causing the band to more tightly engage the head and looking it upon the flange.

4. The combination with a barrel having a head supporting flange, a head carried by the flange, the barrel having a semi-circular groove upon its inner face above the flange, an open band of a thickness greater than the diameter of the groove and adapted to be sprung into said groove and engaging the upper face of the head and forcing it down upon the flange, and means carried and mounted independent of the band or hoop for forcing the free ends of the hoop or band apart, for the purpose described.

5. The combination with a barrel having an inwardly'extending flange adjacent its upper end, the head supported by the flange, a band or hoop adapted to lock the head on the flange and means carried by the barrel ,head and frictionally engaging the hoop or band for expanding the said hoop or band for the purpose described.

6. The combination with a barrel having an inwardly extending flange, a head supported by the flange, the barrel above the flange having a semi-circular groove, an open band or hoop of a greater thickness than the diameter of the groove within the groove and adapted to lock the head upon the flange, and means carried by the barrel head for engaging the ends of the hoop or band and spreading them apart for more tightly locking the head upon the flange.

7. The combination with a.barrel having an inwardly extending flange, a head supported by the flange, the inner periphery of the barrel abovethe flange having a semicircular groove, an open hoop sprung into the groove and engaging the upper face of the head and locking the head on the flange, and means carried and mounted independent of the band or loop for engaging the open ends of the hoop for forcing them apart for expanding the hoop and causing it to more tightly engage the upper face of the head.

8. The combination with a barrel, having an inwardly extending flange, adjacent its upper end, a removable head supported by the flange, the inner periphery of the barrel above the head having a semi-circular groove, an open hoop within the semicircular groove engaglng the upper face of the head and locking the same on the flange, two pivoted jaws engaging the ends of the hoop and means for forcing the jaws apart for expanding the hoop and causing it to more tightly clamp the head upon the flange.

9. The combination with a barrel having an inwardly extending flange, a head supported by the flange, the barrel having a groove above the flange, an open hoop sprung within the groove and clamping the head upon the flange, two pivoted jaws carried by the head and having their free ends engaging the ends of the open hoop and means for forcing the jaws apart for expanding the hoop-and causing it to more tightly engage the upper face of the head and looking it upon the flange.

10. The combination with a barrel having means for supporting the head therein, the barrel above the head supporting means having a groove, an open hoop sprung into said groove and engaging the upper face of the head and clamping it upon the supporting means, two jaws pivoted upon a single pivot carried by the head and having their free outer ends engaging the open ends of the hoop and a nut and rod connection between the jaws and adapted to force the same apart for expanding the hoop and causing it to more tightly engage the upper face of the head.

11. The combination with a barrel having means for supporting a head, the barrel having a groove above the supporting means, a head carried by the supporting means, an open hoop sprung within the groove and engaging the upper face of the head, two jaws pivoted by a single pivot carried by the head and having their free ends engaging the open end of the hoop, a screw-bolt'carried by one jaw and extending across the space between the jawsv and having a flattened portion entering an elongated slot in the other jaw, and a nut on said screw-bolt and adapted to force the jaws apart for expanding the hoop and causing it to more tightly engage the upper face of the head.

12. The combination with a barrel having an inwardly extending flange adjacent its upper end, a head supported by the flange, the barrel having a semi-circular groove above the flange, an open hoop of a diameter greater than that of the groove and sprung therein and engaging the vupper face of the head, two jaws carried by a pivot carried by the head and having their free ends engaging the open ends of the hoop, a screw-rod having one end screwed into the end of the jaw and one other end having opposite cut-away portions entering an elongated slot in the other jaw, and a nut screwed upon the screw-rod between the jaws, whereby the jaws are forced apart to expand the hoop and cause it to more upper face ofthe head and clamping it upon the supporting flange, two pivoted jaws c'arried by the head and having their free ends engaging the free ends of the hoop, means for forcing the jaws apart for expanding the hoop and causing it to more tightly engage the head of the barrel, and a seal connection between one of the jaws and. the

. hoop, substantially as shown and described.

14. The combination with a barrel, of a head supported thereby, an open band locking the head'in the barrel, andlevers carried by the barrel head and engaging the free ends of the band for expanding it.

15. The combination witha barrel, of a head supported thereby, an open band locking the head in the barrel and means carried by the barrel head and engaging the band for expanding it.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, GEORGE EUGENE MITTINGER.

Witnesses:

D. A. Nnrr, M. W. MCMASTER. 

